Transplant Surgery: Waiting Lists

Roger Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are waiting for an organ transplant in each region.

Ann Keen: The number of people listed as waiting for a transplant at 5 February 2008 by strategic health (SHA) authority of patient residence is shown in the following table.
	
		
			  SHA  Kidney  Pancreas  Kidney/pancreas  Heart  Lung(s)  Heart/Lungs  Liver  Total 
			 Channel Isles 11 0 0 0 1 0 2 14 
			 East Midlands 726 3 16 8 13 1 12 779 
			 East of England 619 15 17 10 15 2 22 700 
			 Isle of Man 8 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 
			 London 1,472 20 25 8 24 3 41 1,593 
			 North East 249 4 11 6 6 0 10 286 
			 North West 936 14 42 7 47 2 30 1,078 
			 Northern Ireland 291 0 0 3 11 2 12 319 
			 Scotland 791 1 13 9 21 0 35 870 
			 South Central 488 5 33 3 11 1 10 551 
			 South East Coast 404 4 9 11 16 1 12 457 
			 South West 534 8 34 4 19 2 20 621 
			 Wales 419 4 9 2 20 0 12 466 
			 West Midlands 833 3 22 8 20 3 16 905 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 752 2 15 9 27 1 37 843 
			 Total 8,533 83 246 88 252 18 273 9,493 
			  Note:   1. Includes those temporarily suspended on the list.

Migrant Workers: Cambridgeshire

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her most recent estimate is of the number of migrant workers there were in  (a) Cambridgeshire,  (b) Peterborough and  (c) North East Cambridgeshire constituency in each of the last three years.

Angela Eagle: I have been asked to reply.
	The information request falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 22 February 2008:
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question on what the most recent estimate is of the number of migrant workers in (a) Cambridgeshire, (b) Peterborough and (c) North East Cambridgeshire in each of the last three years. (187207)
	The Office for National Statistics compiles statistics on migrant workers for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS). The National Statistics method for estimating the number of migrant workers employed in the UK is routinely based on the number of people at a given time who were born abroad, are of working age (16-64 for men, 16-59 for women), and in employment. This question has been answered on this basis. It means, for example, that some people who are UK nationals will be included in the total of "foreign born" and that people who are working but are above state pension age are not included.
	APS estimates at this detailed level are only available consistent with population estimates published in February and March 2003 and are not comparable with the estimates published in the Labour Market Statistics First Release on 13 February 2008, which are based on latest population estimates.
	The table attached, shows the numbers of working age in employment who were not born in the UK and were resident in the county of Cambridgeshire, Peterborough UA and North East Cambridgeshire constituency, for the twelve month periods ending in June for 2005, 2006, 2007 from the APS. The July to June 2007 APS dataset is the most recent which is currently available. The table also shows the numbers of non-UK born persons as a percentage of all working age in employment, in these areas.
	When interpreting these figures, it is important to bear in mind that the APS is not designed to cover everyone who is present in the UK. The survey may undercount the numbers of people who were born overseas. The reasons are set out in the table footnote.
	As these estimates are for a subset of the population in small geographical areas, they are based on small sample sizes, and are therefore subject to large margins of uncertainty.
	
		
			  Number of migrant workers in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and North East Cambridgeshire in the last three years 
			   Cambridgeshire  Peterborough  North East Cambridgeshire 
			  12 months ending  June each year  Employment  l evel (thousand)( 1)  Non-UK born persons in employment as percentage of all in employment( 2)  Employment l evel (thousand)( 1)  Non-UK born persons in employment as percentage of all in employment( 2)  Employment  l evel (thousand)( 1)  Non-UK born persons in employment as percentage of all in employment( 2) 
			 2005 19 6 5 7 2 4 
			 2006 33 12 7 9 3 6 
			 2007 41 15 12 16 4 9 
			 (1) Includes males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59. (2) Denominator for percentage does not include respondents who did not answer the question on country of birth.  Notes: 1. Estimates are subject to sampling variability. 2. It should also be noted that the country of birth question in the APS gives an undercount because: it excludes certain people who have been resident in the UK for less than six months. it excludes students in halls who do not have a UK resident parent. it excludes people in most other types of communal establishments (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites, etc.). it is grossed to population estimates which exclude migrants staying for less than 12 months. microdata are grossed to population estimates consistent with those published in spring 2003 which are significantly lower than the latest population estimates.  Source: Annual Population Survey (APS), ONS